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Chapter 20 - DOHaD: Engaging with New Global Issues to Inform Policy

from Section VI - Public Health and Policy Implications of Interventions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2022

By
Peter D. Gluckman  and
Mark A. Hanson
Edited by
Lucilla Poston ,
Keith M. Godfrey ,
Peter D. Gluckman  and
Mark A. Hanson
Lucilla Poston
Affiliation:
King's College London
Keith M. Godfrey
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
Peter D. Gluckman
Affiliation:
University of Auckland
Mark A. Hanson
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
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Summary

As noted in Chapter 1, it is now over two decades since the field of DOHaD was established, as an extension of the epidemiological findings of Barker and colleagues and their integration with new ideas in developmental physiology, evolutionary biology and medicine. Despite the widespread acceptance of both the underlying science and phenomena of DOHaD, as evidenced in each of the previous 19 Chapters of this book and the range of scientists now engaged in relevant research, the field has had less impact than it warrants on public health, clinical practice or public policy. Here, we review the reasons for this, and suggest some possible solutions.

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Developmental Origins of Health and Disease , pp. 213 - 220
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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